Friday, February 10, 2017
Today's Gift
Life doesn't promise us anything, except a chance. We have a chance to live any way we like. No matter how we choose to live, we'll have pain and we'll have joy. And we can learn from both.
We can have life's biggest wonder---love. We share it in a smile, a touch, a phone call, or a note. We share it with our friends, our partners, our family. Life didn't promise to be wonderful, but it sure is full of little wonders! And we only have to open up and see them, feel them, and let them happen.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me see the wonders of life today, in nature, in people's faces, in my own heart.
Action for the Day: I can help make a wonderful things happen for others, with a smile, a greeting, a helping hand. What "little" things will I do for somebody today?
Inspiration
In thinking about our day we may face indecision.
We may not be able to determine which course to take.
Here we ask our Higher Power for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision.
We relax and take it easy. We don’t struggle.
We are often surprised how the right answers come after we have tried this for a while.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 86
Thought to Ponder . . .
With our Higher Power's help, intuition and inspiration are possible.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
K I S S = Keeping It Simple, Spiritually
To be strong
by Ralph Marston
What does it take to be strong? You must activate the strength that is yours with which to live.
The flame burns strong simply because it is a flame. The river runs strong because that is what rivers must do.
Strength grows by being exercised. To be strong, do what you would do with strength, and to be stronger, keep doing it.
Strength is in your nature. It is up to you to deploy that strength into the experience of your life.
You are strong enough to make a start. And you are strong enough to get stronger.
The strength to act, to wait, to persist, to resist, does not spring from clever strategy. Your strength begins the moment you begin.
A bird does not sing because he has an answer. He sings because he has a song. —Joan Walsh Anglund
Each of us has a song to sing, just as birds do. Part of knowing who we are is appreciating our own songs. Are our songs gentle like the robins, or are we brilliant leaders like the bluejay? Are we easy to be around like the sparrow, or do we radiate joy and laughter like the loon?
Each of these birds has something special to offer. So do we, with our own unique personalities and talents. What a waste it would be if the loon never dashed across the lake because he wanted to be a robin instead. It is important to learn who we are and to believe we are special in our own way. We give joy to the world around us when we sing our own songs.
Have I listened to my own song lately?
From Today's Gift: Daily Meditations for Families ©
From: Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation - Thought for the Day http://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/recovery/thought-for-the-day
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Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Keep It Simple
Life didn't promise to be wonderful. ---Teddy Pendergrass
Life didn't promise to be wonderful. ---Teddy Pendergrass
Life doesn't promise us anything, except a chance. We have a chance to live any way we like. No matter how we choose to live, we'll have pain and we'll have joy. And we can learn from both.
We can have life's biggest wonder---love. We share it in a smile, a touch, a phone call, or a note. We share it with our friends, our partners, our family. Life didn't promise to be wonderful, but it sure is full of little wonders! And we only have to open up and see them, feel them, and let them happen.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me see the wonders of life today, in nature, in people's faces, in my own heart.
Action for the Day: I can help make a wonderful things happen for others, with a smile, a greeting, a helping hand. What "little" things will I do for somebody today?
From: Bluidkiti's Alcohol and Drug Addictions Recovery Help/Support Forums
Daily Recovery Readings - http://www.bluidkiti.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=2
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One Day At A Time
Inspiration
In thinking about our day we may face indecision.
We may not be able to determine which course to take.
Here we ask our Higher Power for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision.
We relax and take it easy. We don’t struggle.
We are often surprised how the right answers come after we have tried this for a while.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 86
Thought to Ponder . . .
With our Higher Power's help, intuition and inspiration are possible.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
K I S S = Keeping It Simple, Spiritually
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
To be strong
by Ralph Marston
What does it take to be strong? You must activate the strength that is yours with which to live.
The flame burns strong simply because it is a flame. The river runs strong because that is what rivers must do.
Strength grows by being exercised. To be strong, do what you would do with strength, and to be stronger, keep doing it.
Strength is in your nature. It is up to you to deploy that strength into the experience of your life.
You are strong enough to make a start. And you are strong enough to get stronger.
The strength to act, to wait, to persist, to resist, does not spring from clever strategy. Your strength begins the moment you begin.
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